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item.get

Description

integer/array item.get(object parameters)

The method allows to retrieve items according to the given parameters.

Parameters

(object) Parameters defining the desired output.

The method supports the following parameters.

Parameter Type Description
itemids string/array Return only items with the given IDs.
groupids string/array Return only items that belong to the hosts from the given groups.
templateids string/array Return only items that belong to the given templates.
hostids string/array Return only items that belong to the given hosts.
proxyids string/array Return only items that are monitored by the given proxies.
interfaceids string/array Return only items that use the given host interfaces.
graphids string/array Return only items that are used in the given graphs.
triggerids string/array Return only items that are used in the given triggers.
applicationids string/array Return only items that belong to the given applications.
webitems flag Include web items in the result.
inherited boolean If set to true return only items inherited from a template.
templated boolean If set to true return only items that belong to templates.
monitored boolean If set to true return only enabled items that belong to monitored hosts.
group string Return only items that belong to a group with the given name.
host string Return only items that belong to a host with the given name.
application string Return only items that belong to an application with the given name.
with_triggers boolean If set to true return only items that are used in triggers.
selectHosts query Return a hosts property with an array of hosts that the item belongs to.
selectInterfaces query Return an interfaces property with an array of host interfaces used by the item.
selectTriggers query Return a triggers property with the triggers that the item is used in.

Supports count.
selectGraphs query Return a graphs property with the graphs that contain the item.

Supports count.
selectApplications query Return an applications property with the applications that the item belongs to.
selectDiscoveryRule query Return a discoveryRule property with the LLD rule that created the item.
selectItemDiscovery query Return an itemDiscovery property with the item discovery object. The item discovery object links the item to an item prototype from which it was created.

It has the following properties:
itemdiscoveryid - (string) ID of the item discovery;
itemid - (string) ID of the discovered item;
parent_itemid - (string) ID of the item prototype from which the item has been created;
key_ - (string) key of the item prototype;
lastcheck - (timestamp) time when the item was last discovered;
ts_delete - (timestamp) time when an item that is no longer discovered will be deleted.
selectPreprocessing query Return a preprocessing property with item preprocessing options.

It has the following properties:
type - (string) The preprocessing option type:
1 - Custom multiplier;
2 - Right trim;
3 - Left trim;
4 - Trim;
5 - Regular expression matching;
6 - Boolean to decimal;
7 - Octal to decimal;
8 - Hexadecimal to decimal;
9 - Simple change;
10 - Change per second;
11 - XML XPath;
12 - JSONPath;
13 - In range;
14 - Matches regular expression;
15 - Does not match regular expression;
16 - Check for error in JSON;
17 - Check for error in XML;
18 - Check for error using regular expression;
19 - Discard unchanged;
20 - Discard unchanged with heartbeat;
21 - JavaScript;
22 - Prometheus pattern;
23 - Prometheus to JSON.

params - (string) Additional parameters used by preprocessing option. Multiple parameters are separated by LF (\n)character.
error_handler - (string) Action type used in case of preprocessing step failure:
0 - Error message is set by Zabbix server;
1 - Discard value;
2 - Set custom value;
3 - Set custom error message.

error_handler_params - (string) Error handler parameters.
filter object Return only those results that exactly match the given filter.

Accepts an array, where the keys are property names, and the values are either a single value or an array of values to match against.

Supports additional filters:
host - technical name of the host that the item belongs to.
limitSelects integer Limits the number of records returned by subselects.

Applies to the following subselects:
selectGraphs - results will be sorted by name;
selectTriggers - results will be sorted by description.
sortfield string/array Sort the result by the given properties.

Possible values are: itemid, name, key_, delay, history, trends, type and status.
countOutput boolean These parameters being common for all get methods are described in detail in the reference commentary page.
editable boolean
excludeSearch boolean
limit integer
output query
preservekeys boolean
search object
searchByAny boolean
searchWildcardsEnabled boolean
sortorder string/array
startSearch boolean

Return values

(integer/array) Returns either:

  • an array of objects;
  • the count of retrieved objects, if the countOutput parameter has been used.

Examples

Finding items by key

Retrieve all items from host with ID "10084" that have the word "system" in the key and sort them by name.

Request:

{
           "jsonrpc": "2.0",
           "method": "item.get",
           "params": {
               "output": "extend",
               "hostids": "10084",
               "search": {
                   "key_": "system"
               },
               "sortfield": "name"
           },
           "auth": "038e1d7b1735c6a5436ee9eae095879e",
           "id": 1
       }

Response:

{
           "jsonrpc": "2.0",
           "result": [
               {
                   "itemid": "23298",
                   "type": "0",
                   "snmp_community": "",
                   "snmp_oid": "",
                   "hostid": "10084",
                   "name": "Context switches per second",
                   "key_": "system.cpu.switches",
                   "delay": "1m",
                   "history": "7d",
                   "trends": "365d",
                   "lastvalue": "2552",
                   "lastclock": "1351090998",
                   "prevvalue": "2641",
                   "state": "0",
                   "status": "0",
                   "value_type": "3",
                   "trapper_hosts": "",
                   "units": "sps",
                   "snmpv3_securityname": "",
                   "snmpv3_securitylevel": "0",
                   "snmpv3_authpassphrase": "",
                   "snmpv3_privpassphrase": "",
                   "snmpv3_authprotocol": "0",
                   "snmpv3_privprotocol": "0",
                   "snmpv3_contextname": "",
                   "error": "",
                   "logtimefmt": "",
                   "templateid": "22680",
                   "valuemapid": "0",
                   "params": "",
                   "ipmi_sensor": "",
                   "authtype": "0",
                   "username": "",
                   "password": "",
                   "publickey": "",
                   "privatekey": "",
                   "lastns": "564054253",
                   "flags": "0",
                   "interfaceid": "1",
                   "port": "",
                   "description": "",
                   "inventory_link": "0",
                   "lifetime": "0s",
                   "evaltype": "0",
                   "jmx_endpoint": "",
                   "master_itemid": "0",
                   "timeout": "3s",
                   "url": "",
                   "query_fields": [],
                   "posts": "",
                   "status_codes": "200",
                   "follow_redirects": "1",
                   "post_type": "0",
                   "http_proxy": "",
                   "headers": [],
                   "retrieve_mode": "0",
                   "request_method": "0",
                   "output_format": "0",
                   "ssl_cert_file": "",
                   "ssl_key_file": "",
                   "ssl_key_password": "",
                   "verify_peer": "0",
                   "verify_host": "0",
                   "allow_traps": "0"
               },
               {
                   "itemid": "23299",
                   "type": "0",
                   "snmp_community": "",
                   "snmp_oid": "",
                   "hostid": "10084",
                   "name": "CPU $2 time",
                   "key_": "system.cpu.util[,idle]",
                   "delay": "1m",
                   "history": "7d",
                   "trends": "365d",
                   "lastvalue": "86.031879",
                   "lastclock": "1351090999",
                   "prevvalue": "85.306944",
                   "state": "0",
                   "status": "0",
                   "value_type": "0",
                   "trapper_hosts": "",
                   "units": "%",
                   "snmpv3_securityname": "",
                   "snmpv3_securitylevel": "0",
                   "snmpv3_authpassphrase": "",
                   "snmpv3_privpassphrase": "",
                   "snmpv3_authprotocol": "0",
                   "snmpv3_privprotocol": "0",
                   "snmpv3_contextname": "",
                   "error": "",
                   "logtimefmt": "",
                   "templateid": "17354",
                   "valuemapid": "0",
                   "params": "",
                   "ipmi_sensor": "",
                   "authtype": "0",
                   "username": "",
                   "password": "",
                   "publickey": "",
                   "privatekey": "",
                   "lastns": "564256864",
                   "flags": "0",
                   "interfaceid": "1",
                   "port": "",
                   "description": "The time the CPU has spent doing nothing.",
                   "inventory_link": "0",
                   "lifetime": "0s",
                   "evaltype": "0",
                   "jmx_endpoint": "",
                   "master_itemid": "0",
                   "timeout": "3s",
                   "url": "",
                   "query_fields": [],
                   "posts": "",
                   "status_codes": "200",
                   "follow_redirects": "1",
                   "post_type": "0",
                   "http_proxy": "",
                   "headers": [],
                   "retrieve_mode": "0",
                   "request_method": "0",
                   "output_format": "0",
                   "ssl_cert_file": "",
                   "ssl_key_file": "",
                   "ssl_key_password": "",
                   "verify_peer": "0",
                   "verify_host": "0",
                   "allow_traps": "0"
               },
               {
                   "itemid": "23300",
                   "type": "0",
                   "snmp_community": "",
                   "snmp_oid": "",
                   "hostid": "10084",
                   "name": "CPU $2 time",
                   "key_": "system.cpu.util[,interrupt]",
                   "history": "7d",
                   "trends": "365d",
                   "lastvalue": "0.008389",
                   "lastclock": "1351091000",
                   "prevvalue": "0.000000",
                   "state": "0",
                   "status": "0",
                   "value_type": "0",
                   "trapper_hosts": "",
                   "units": "%",
                   "snmpv3_securityname": "",
                   "snmpv3_securitylevel": "0",
                   "snmpv3_authpassphrase": "",
                   "snmpv3_privpassphrase": "",
                   "snmpv3_authprotocol": "0",
                   "snmpv3_privprotocol": "0",
                   "snmpv3_contextname": "",
                   "error": "",
                   "logtimefmt": "",
                   "templateid": "22671",
                   "valuemapid": "0",
                   "params": "",
                   "ipmi_sensor": "",
                   "authtype": "0",
                   "username": "",
                   "password": "",
                   "publickey": "",
                   "privatekey": "",
                   "lastns": "564661387",
                   "flags": "0",
                   "interfaceid": "1",
                   "port": "",
                   "description": "The amount of time the CPU has been servicing hardware interrupts.",
                   "inventory_link": "0",
                   "lifetime": "0s",
                   "evaltype": "0",
                   "jmx_endpoint": "",
                   "master_itemid": "0",
                   "timeout": "3s",
                   "url": "",
                   "query_fields": [],
                   "posts": "",
                   "status_codes": "200",
                   "follow_redirects": "1",
                   "post_type": "0",
                   "http_proxy": "",
                   "headers": [],
                   "retrieve_mode": "0",
                   "request_method": "0",
                   "output_format": "0",
                   "ssl_cert_file": "",
                   "ssl_key_file": "",
                   "ssl_key_password": "",
                   "verify_peer": "0",
                   "verify_host": "0",
                   "allow_traps": "0"
               }
           ],
           "id": 1
       }

Finding dependent items by key

Retrieve all dependent items from host with ID "10116" that have the word "apache" in the key.

Request:

{
           "jsonrpc": "2.0",
           "method": "item.get",
           "params": {
               "output": "extend",
               "hostids": "10116",
               "search": {
                   "key_": "apache"
               },
               "filter": {
                   "type": "18"
               }
           },
           "auth": "038e1d7b1735c6a5436ee9eae095879e",
           "id": 1
       }

Response:

{
           "jsonrpc": "2.0",
           "result": [
               {
                   "itemid": "25550",
                   "type": "18",
                   "snmp_community": "",
                   "snmp_oid": "",
                   "hostid": "10116",
                   "name": "Days",
                   "key_": "apache.status.uptime.days",
                   "delay": "",
                   "history": "90d",
                   "trends": "365d",
                   "status": "0",
                   "value_type": "3",
                   "trapper_hosts": "",
                   "units": "",
                   "snmpv3_securityname": "",
                   "snmpv3_securitylevel": "0",
                   "snmpv3_authpassphrase": "",
                   "snmpv3_privpassphrase": "",
                   "formula": "",
                   "error": "",
                   "logtimefmt": "",
                   "templateid": "0",
                   "valuemapid": "0",
                   "params": "",
                   "ipmi_sensor": "",
                   "authtype": "0",
                   "username": "",
                   "password": "",
                   "publickey": "",
                   "privatekey": "",
                   "flags": "0",
                   "interfaceid": "0",
                   "port": "",
                   "description": "",
                   "inventory_link": "0",
                   "lifetime": "30d",
                   "snmpv3_authprotocol": "0",
                   "snmpv3_privprotocol": "0",
                   "state": "0",
                   "snmpv3_contextname": "",
                   "evaltype": "0",
                   "master_itemid": "25545",
                   "jmx_endpoint": "",
                   "timeout": "3s",
                   "url": "",
                   "query_fields": [],
                   "posts": "",
                   "status_codes": "200",
                   "follow_redirects": "1",
                   "post_type": "0",
                   "http_proxy": "",
                   "headers": [],
                   "retrieve_mode": "0",
                   "request_method": "0",
                   "output_format": "0",
                   "ssl_cert_file": "",
                   "ssl_key_file": "",
                   "ssl_key_password": "",
                   "verify_peer": "0",
                   "verify_host": "0",
                   "allow_traps": "0",
                   "lastclock": "0",
                   "lastns": "0",
                   "lastvalue": "0",
                   "prevvalue": "0"
               },
               {
                   "itemid": "25555",
                   "type": "18",
                   "snmp_community": "",
                   "snmp_oid": "",
                   "hostid": "10116",
                   "name": "Hours",
                   "key_": "apache.status.uptime.hours",
                   "delay": "0",
                   "history": "90d",
                   "trends": "365d",
                   "status": "0",
                   "value_type": "3",
                   "trapper_hosts": "",
                   "units": "",
                   "snmpv3_securityname": "",
                   "snmpv3_securitylevel": "0",
                   "snmpv3_authpassphrase": "",
                   "snmpv3_privpassphrase": "",
                   "formula": "",
                   "error": "",
                   "logtimefmt": "",
                   "templateid": "0",
                   "valuemapid": "0",
                   "params": "",
                   "ipmi_sensor": "",
                   "authtype": "0",
                   "username": "",
                   "password": "",
                   "publickey": "",
                   "privatekey": "",
                   "flags": "0",
                   "interfaceid": "0",
                   "port": "",
                   "description": "",
                   "inventory_link": "0",
                   "lifetime": "30d",
                   "snmpv3_authprotocol": "0",
                   "snmpv3_privprotocol": "0",
                   "state": "0",
                   "snmpv3_contextname": "",
                   "evaltype": "0",
                   "master_itemid": "25545",
                   "jmx_endpoint": "",
                   "timeout": "3s",
                   "url": "",
                   "query_fields": [],
                   "posts": "",
                   "status_codes": "200",
                   "follow_redirects": "1",
                   "post_type": "0",
                   "http_proxy": "",
                   "headers": [],
                   "retrieve_mode": "0",
                   "request_method": "0",
                   "output_format": "0",
                   "ssl_cert_file": "",
                   "ssl_key_file": "",
                   "ssl_key_password": "",
                   "verify_peer": "0",
                   "verify_host": "0",
                   "allow_traps": "0",
                   "lastclock": "0",
                   "lastns": "0",
                   "lastvalue": "0",
                   "prevvalue": "0"
               }
           ],
           "id": 1
       }

Find HTTP agent item

Find HTTP agent item with post body type XML for specific host id.

Request:

{
           "jsonrpc": "2.0",
           "method": "item.get",
           "params": {
               "hostids": "10255",
               "filter": {
                   "type": "19",
                   "post_type": "3"
               }
           },
           "id": 3,
           "auth": "d678e0b85688ce578ff061bd29a20d3b"
       }

Response:

{
           "jsonrpc": "2.0",
           "result": [
               {
                   "itemid": "28252",
                   "type": "19",
                   "snmp_community": "",
                   "snmp_oid": "",
                   "hostid": "10255",
                   "name": "template item",
                   "key_": "ti",
                   "delay": "30s",
                   "history": "90d",
                   "trends": "365d",
                   "status": "0",
                   "value_type": "3",
                   "trapper_hosts": "",
                   "units": "",
                   "snmpv3_securityname": "",
                   "snmpv3_securitylevel": "0",
                   "snmpv3_authpassphrase": "",
                   "snmpv3_privpassphrase": "",
                   "formula": "",
                   "error": "",
                   "logtimefmt": "",
                   "templateid": "0",
                   "valuemapid": "0",
                   "params": "",
                   "ipmi_sensor": "",
                   "authtype": "0",
                   "username": "",
                   "password": "",
                   "publickey": "",
                   "privatekey": "",
                   "flags": "0",
                   "interfaceid": "0",
                   "port": "",
                   "description": "",
                   "inventory_link": "0",
                   "lifetime": "30d",
                   "snmpv3_authprotocol": "0",
                   "snmpv3_privprotocol": "0",
                   "state": "0",
                   "snmpv3_contextname": "",
                   "evaltype": "0",
                   "jmx_endpoint": "",
                   "master_itemid": "0",
                   "timeout": "3s",
                   "url": "localhost",
                   "query_fields": [
                       {
                           "mode": "xml"
                       }
                   ],
                   "posts": "<body>\r\n<![CDATA[{$MACRO}<foo></bar>]]>\r\n</body>",
                   "status_codes": "200",
                   "follow_redirects": "0",
                   "post_type": "3",
                   "http_proxy": "",
                   "headers": [],
                   "retrieve_mode": "1",
                   "request_method": "3",
                   "output_format": "0",
                   "ssl_cert_file": "",
                   "ssl_key_file": "",
                   "ssl_key_password": "",
                   "verify_peer": "0",
                   "verify_host": "0",
                   "allow_traps": "0",
                   "lastclock": "0",
                   "lastns": "0",
                   "lastvalue": "0",
                   "prevvalue": "0"
               }
           ],
           "id": 3
       }

Retrieving items with preprocessing rules

Reatrieve all items and their preprocessing rules from host with ID "10254".

Request:

{
           "jsonrpc": "2.0",
           "method": "item.get",
           "params": {
               "output": ["itemid", "name", "key_"],
               "selectPreprocessing": "extend",
               "hostids": "10254"
           },
           "auth": "038e1d7b1735c6a5436ee9eae095879e",
           "id": 1
       }

Response:

{
           "jsonrpc": "2.0",
           "result": {
               "itemid": "23865",
               "name": "http agent example JSON",
               "key_": "json",
               "preprocessing": [
                   {
                       "type": "12",
                       "params": "$.random",
                       "error_handler": "1",
                       "error_handler_params": ""
                   }
               ]
           },
           "id": 1
       }

See also

Source

CItem::get() in frontends/php/include/classes/api/services/CItem.php.